At 4/3rds the mass of the sun and 4300 kilometers across, astronomers discover the most massive and smallest White Dwarf yet
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@emsque: Exactly #40YearsAgo Doug Geisler was asleep atop Manastash Ridge Observatory. An astronomy grad student, he'd just logged his first excellent night at the telescope for his PhD thesis. He was the only person on the summit, ~90 miles from #MountStHelens... #MSH40